viii, 216 pages : 24 cm

"Developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering at the 211th Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA, March 24-28, 1996."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Enzymes in polymer science : an introduction / David L. Kaplan [and others] -- Enzymes for polyester synthesis / Apurva K. Chaudhary, Eric J. Beckman, and Alan J. Russell -- Enzymatic polymerization for synthesis of polyesters and polyaromatics / Shiro Kobayashi and Hiroshi Uyama -- Enzyme-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of four-membered lactones : preparation of poly([beta]-propiolactone) and poly([beta]-malic acid) / Shuichi Matsumura, Hideki Beppu, and Kazunobu Toshima -- Monomer and polymer synthesis by lipase-catalyzed ring-opening reactions / Kirpal S. Bisht [and others] -- Solvent-enzyme-polymer interactions in the molecular-weight control of poly(m-cresol) synthesized in nonaqueous media / Madhu Ayyagari, Joseph A. Akkara, and David L. Kaplan -- A biocatalytic approach to novel phenolic polymers and their composites / Sukanta Banerjee [and others] -- Hydrolysis of the dimethyl ester of N-succinylphenylalanine, a model of polyesteramides, in the presence of papain : kinetic study and computer simulation / C. David [and others] -- Regioselective enzymatic transesterification of polysaccharides in organic solvents / Ferdinando F. Bruno [and others] -- Biocatalytic modification of alginate / Donal F. Day, R.D. Ashby, and J.W. Lee -- Enzymatic modification of chitosan by tyrosinase / Joseph L. Lenhart [and others] -- Chemoenzymatic synthesis and modification of monomers and polymers / Helmut Ritter

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